Hanover, MA, Sep 5, 2020 -- Lapels Dry Cleaning, an innovative, environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Massachusetts, recently retained the services of ClickTecs. Based in Missisauga, Ontario in Canada, ClickTecs is a Digital Marketing agency with a specialty in developing digital campaigns for clients ranging from small start-up franchises to large multi-national brands.

“ClickTecs has a great reputation in the franchise industry for helping franchisors develop messaging that reaches desired prospects,” said Kevin Dubois, CEO of Lapels Dry Cleaning. “Through working with Jam and the ClickTecs team, we have been able to clearly define our prospects, which will dramatically increase the effectiveness of the Facebook and LinkedIn campaigns we’ll be running.”

ClickTecs first worked with Lapels on its redesign of its franchise website, https://lapelsfranchise.com/. With knowledge gained from that experience, ClickTecs embarked on the Facebook and Linkedin campaigns last month. Those campaigns will run through the remainder of summer and into the fall.

“Lapels had a pretty good idea of who their prospects are. Through our process, we were able to help them further clarify their ideal prospect. This analysis took into consideration the current economic climate. For example, corporate executives who see the current economy and may want to take a stab at franchising rather than the uncertainty that’s coming as the country pulls out of the pandemic,” said Jam Hashmi, owner of ClickTecs. “With this type of refinement of the ideal prospect, we can create a campaign that resonates with very solid leads to help continue the growth of the Lapels Dry Cleaning brand.”

Lapels has pioneered its eco-friendly dry-cleaning experience over the past two decades. Lapels has a partnership agreement with GreenEarth®, the dry cleaning industry’s only non-toxic cleaning alternative for its newer locations. Using these kinds of solutions and the latest technology in equipment, Lapels is one of the few dry cleaners able to boast that there is no hazardous waste in their process. Their environmentally-friendly cleaning process has no odor and is gentler on clothes, thus lengthening the life of clothes.

Lapels Dry Cleaning also sets itself apart with its customer service. Lapels customers are greeted to a warm and inviting reception area, with friendly customer service representatives, and alteration services.

In terms of its services, Lapels offers its customers Automatic Rewards earning them credit towards free dry cleaning for every dollar they spend, Loyalty Programs, a VIP Program which eliminates the need to wait in line, the use of a 24 Hour Drop Off Service and FREE Home Delivery to all its customers. Lapels Dry Cleaning offer free pickup and drop-off service. During the COVID 19 pandemic Lapels also offers a “car hop” service where customers can drop off and pick up their clothing without ever leaving their cars.

For more information on During the pandemic, hours at Lapels Dry Cleaning of Hanover will be Monday through Friday, 8am to 5 pm and Saturday 9 am to 4 pm. For complete information on Lapels Dry Cleaning, please visit https://mylapels.com/locations/hanover/.

Lapels Dry Cleaning – Environmentally Friendly Cleaners
Each Lapels Dry Cleaning store offers a full slate of services, including same-day dry cleaning; shirt service; tailoring; wedding gown preservation; suede and leather processing; box storage and fur storage. Lapels Dry Cleaning has stores in Arizona (Buckeye, Gilbert, Chandler, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Yuma), California (Gilroy, Hollister), Colorado (Littleton), Connecticut (Cromwell), Florida (Fleming Island, Orange Park, Tampa); Illinois (Wilmette); Massachusetts (Abington, Allston, Bedford, Boston, Boston Seaport, South Boston, Brighton, Burlington, Cohasset, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Easton, Hanover, Hingham, Kingston, North Andover, Malden, Marshfield, Martha’s Vineyard, Newtonville, Norton, Somerville, Stoughton, Waltham, Wakefield, Wellesley, Westford, Westwood, W Roxbury and Wilmington), Mississippi (New Albany, Olive Branch, Tupelo, Oxford, Pontotoc), New Jersey (Brick, Somerville), New York (Latham), North Carolina (Charlotte), Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma City), Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg), South Carolina (Fort Mill, Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island), Tennessee (Arlington, Brentwood, Franklin, Germantown, Nashville), Texas (Brownsville, Katy, Little Elm, Prosper, Richmond, Spring, Sugar Land). Additional locations are coming soon to Carolina Forest, SC and Brooklyn NY.

Lapels Dry Cleaning has received a number of accolades in the franchise world. That includes being ranked again on the 2020 Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list for the country’s top Franchise Systems. Entrepreneur's “Franchise 500” is the best and most comprehensive rating of franchises in the world and is based on objective, quantifiable measures of a franchise operation. Lapels Dry Cleaning has also been named to Franchise Times Top 200+.

Lapels has also achieved acclaim in the dry cleaning industry. Lapels Dry Cleaning CEO Kevin Dubois is the co-author of Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Dry Cleaning Business, sold on Amazon.com.

Lapels Dry Cleaning corporate offices are located at 962 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339. 

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ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Joseph A. Pasquale Kindred Spirits: Horse Racing Name Poems hitting stores everywhere on August 10th, 2020.

This poetry collection, Kindred Spirits: Horse Racing Name Poems was inspired by horse racing names at current tracks across America. In total, each horse name originated from about twenty-five race tracks across the United States. Throughout the process, Joseph Pasquale worked with a poetic postulation to the following questions: What meaning can we associate to every word we encounter? How can we choose to interpret that meaning and then associate it again to an even greater meaning we choose to construct? This collection was such an experiment in poetry. As tempting as it was to add or delete words, the author refrained in order to maintain the material’s integrity. The book is separated into three sections to arc the reader’s journey through wisdom, nature, and hope.

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The catalog is packed with African tribal sculptures and masks from the late 1800s through the mid-20th century, rare examples of Bangwa, Dogon, Baule, Ibibio, Yoruba, Bakongo and Senufo art.

Franklin, MA, USA, September 6, 2020 -- 500 Gallery will make a brief departure from its core business of fine art originals and attributions with the first in a series of all-tribal art auctions, online-only, on Wednesday, September 30th, at 5:30 pm Eastern time. The sale features African tribal sculptures and masks from the late 1800s through the mid-20th century. People can register and bid now, at www.500Gallery.com.

The catalog – a taut 60 lots – is packed with rare examples of Bangwa, Dogon, Baule, Ibibio, Yoruba, Bakongo and Senufo art, gathered over the past few decades by a collector in Massachusetts.

“This auction has an abbreviated, ‘teaser’ selection from a deep collection of African tribal art that will be coming to market over the next few years,” said Bruce Wood of 500 Gallery, adding, “Cataloging it has become a fascinating endeavor and we're looking forward to presenting many surprisingly rare masterworks.” Watch the 500 Gallery website for more details as they emerge.

A prime candidate for top lot of the Sept. 30 sale is the early 20th century house post from the Yoruba People of Nigeria (est. $50,000-$150,000). The house post, 73 inches tall and made from carved wood enhanced with pigments, is designed to stand at an entryway, and shows the status of the occupants within. The main figure is a queen, seated on an elaborately decorated stool.

A marital group (or Nomos) from the Dogon People of Mali, estimated to have been made circa late 19th century, is expected to bring $30,000-$60,000. The seated group of eight hermaphroditic figures, with alternating male and female attributes, is dense-wood carved with raised arms and upward stretched fingers, a gesture of praying for special gifts (or, specifically, marital success).

An early 20th century Badu plank mask with a female form from the Nafana People of the Ivory Coast carries a pre-sale estimate of $20,000-$60,000. The 47 ¾ inch by 16 ¼ inch carved wood mask is decorated with a bold abstract design and colored with white kaolin clay and other pigments. The edges are worn smooth and the overall patina gives the mask a warm appearance.

An elaborately decorated ritual vessel from the Dogon People of Mali, made in the early-to-mid 20th century, should change hands for $25,000-$50,000. The carved wood hollowed ovoid vessel with a convex lid is warmly toned and finely patinated, and shows seated Nomo figures (evoking Dogon ancestors) and horses (expressing status and prestige and utilized in harvest celebrations).

A carved wood seated male figure from the Bamileke/Bangwa People of Cameroon, 36 inches tall, is estimated to command $25,000-$50,000. The circa 1900 memorial portrait figure of an important man is shown seated on a single-leg stool decorated with geometric designs. Such Bangwa sculptures are usually referred to as Leffem, after the society tasked with their keeping.

Also having an estimate of $25,000-$50,000 is a rare and unusual anthropomorphic bird mask from the Dan People of Liberia, 16 inches tall by 9 inches wide, on a 20 ½ inch stand. The 19th or 20th century carved wood mask with elaborately braided fiber hair exhibits a blend of human and bird features. It has a human-like face, but also a curved beak and hummingbird-like tongue.

An equestrian sculpture from the Dogon People of Mali, showing a horse with two riders (one male and one female), carved from hardwood in the 19th century, should gallop off for $20,000-$50,000. The sculpture has the patina of libations, possibly indicating the owners used it to attain social distinction. The Dogon often interpret equestrian statues as a display of wealth and power.

A carved wood face mask from the Grebo People of Liberia, combining fanciful elements of human and multiple animal traits, 20 inches tall and 19 inches wide, circa mid-20th century, has an estimate of $8,000-$16,000. The mask, conveying great determination and energy, is crested with wild animal horns and features a beard of braided fiber cords. It rests on a custom stand.

A large, early 20th century Nkisi N’Kondi (or power figure) from the Bakongo People of the Democratic Republic of Congo is estimated to reach $6,500-$15,000. The figure is made of carved wood, pigments, fabric, glass, nails and natural elements. A Nkisi N’Kondi is a magical charm, carved in the likeness of a human, and meant to highlight its function in human affairs.

A bird mask with teeth from the Dan People of Liberia, carved out of wood in the form of the abstracted face of a bird, whose open beak is lined with teeth, having an overall dark stained patina, has an estimate of $5,000-$12,000. The periphery of the late 19th/early 20th century mask is incised with holes for costume attachment. It measures 13 inches tall by 6 ¼ inches wide.

All 60 lots can be viewed in the 500 Gallery showroom, at 1243 Pond Street in Franklin, Mass., by appointment only on Tuesdays and Saturdays. To make an appointment, call 508-834-8190. For more info, visit www.500Gallery.com.

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Coral Gables, FL, USA, September 3, 2020 -- A signed letter from then-General George Washington, a book signed by John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Christmas 1962, and a signed letter from Albert Einstein are expected top lots in an Internet-only auction ending September 10th at 8 pm Eastern time by One of a Kind Collectibles. Online bidding is open now, at www.OAKauctions.com.

Remarking on the online event, David Gindy of One of a Kind Collectibles said, “This auction truly has a wide array of historic and scientific items. So many of these rare autographs and books capture poignant moments in history. Many of the lots in the auction showcase prominent figures throughout history, American history in particular. It truly is a collector’s paradise.”

Estimated to bring $15,000-$20,000, the 1776 letter from Washington to Abraham Yates, Jr. is a strong candidate for top lot of the auction. The one-page letter was written in the hand of Washington's aide-de-camp and signed by Washington. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Long Island, Washington implored Yates (a New York politician and lawyer) to send “four large Albany sloops...with as much dispatch as possible” to move wounded troops from New York City up the Hudson River to Orange Town.

The JFK and Jackie Kennedy signed copy of The White House: A Historic Guide was given as a gift at the White House’s 1962 Christmas party. JFK wrote and signed it, “For Chris with the affectionate regards of his friends John Kennedy...Christmas 1962.” After his signature, he left a space for Jackie to sign, “and love from Jackie.” The signed book, a memento of the Kennedys’ final Christmas together in Camelot, should gavel for $6,000-$8,000.

A one-page letter typed and signed by Albert Einstein warns in German of the dangers of Nazism, specifically Der Stürmer, an anti-sematic German propaganda newspaper. In the letter, postmarked March 1, 1935, Einstein describes Der Stürmer as a “monument to German barbarism” that may be used to “inform the local non-Jewish circles about the true nature of Hitler's regime.” The letter and envelope should achieve $9,000-$12,000.

A first edition copy of Alexander Hamilton’s notorious Reynolds Pamphlet is expected to reach $10,000-$12,000. In the pamphlet, which is featured prominently in the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton admits to his affair with Maria Reynolds, while also denying the charges of financial impropriety levied against him. Hamilton’s family destroyed as many copies of this pamphlet as they could, so first editions of this work are exceedingly rare.

An 1895 police recruitment press release signed by Theodore Roosevelt, then President of the New York Board of Police Commissioners, should earn $1,200-$1,500. The press release advertises an initial salary of $1,000 a year and qualifies that, “No weakling, no man of bad moral character and imperfect physical development need apply.” Signatures from figures, including notable pedestrian Edward Payson Weston, are included in the lot. “The lot is one of only two pieces we have handled from this period,” Mr. Gindy remarked.

A one-page document signed by Abraham Lincoln, dated July 16, 1861, measures 18 inches by 11 ¼ inches. The partially typed letter appoints Jonathan C. Havens as Deputy Postmaster of Chicopee, Massachusetts and is countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Lincoln-signed documents are popular with collectors and have sold well in prior auctions. This document, which is in impressive condition, is expected to earn $7,000-$8,000.

Baseball’s Connie Mack once described Christy Mathewson as “the greatest pitcher who ever lived.” A copy of the book Won in the Ninth, signed by the Hall of Famer and a co-writer, has a pre-sale estimate of $7,000-$10,000. Mathewson’s signature appears on a book plate that is affixed inside the book and holds a typed attribution to its original owner. Mathewson’s supreme relevance to the game of baseball and early death in 1925 make his autograph rare and valuable.

Traveling across the Atlantic, a 4-volume copy of Le Musée Français Recueil Complet Des Tableaux, Statues, Et Bas-Reliefs by Simon-Celestin Croze-Magnan, documents the Louvre’s holdings and collectibles. The work, which was dedicated to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, is one of only 600 printed copies and contains 344 engraved plates and eight vignettes in text. It should achieve $4,000-$6,000, but may reach more, as it sold for $10,000 in a previous auction.

A 1931 autograph from Alan Turing, the British mathematician and computer scientist who was famous for breaking German code during World War II, has a pre-sale estimate of $4,500-$6,000. The signature and the date “18th-21st December” [1931], comes from a page that was removed from the visitors' book for Abbey Grange and Westcott House, a boarding house associated with Sherborne School, which Turing attended from the age of 13.

A copy of George’s Secret Key to the Universe, signed by Professor Stephen Hawking and his daughter Lucy Hawking, should hit the mark between $2,000-$3,000. Co-written by Stephen Hawking and Lucy, this children’s novel about an outer space adventure employs real scientific material. The book was signed by Stephen Hawking using an authorial thumbprint, next to which is inscribed, “This is the right hand thumb print of S.W. Hawking.”

A 1939 copy of Finnegan’s Wake, signed by its author, James Joyce, is bound in publisher’s full red cloth and is housed in the original yellow slipcase and custom full red morocco clamshell box. One of 310 large paper copies printed for sale in America, this book measures 10 inches by 6 ¼ inches. This attractive work, signed by the influential Irish novelist in green ink on the limitation page, should fetch a healthy $6,000-$8,000.

To learn more, or to register and bid now for the Sept. 10 auction, visit www.OAKauctions.com.

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